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Investigating archaeological material from burials of the aristocracy of the Xiongnu people (Noin-Ula, Mongolia) by means of SRXRF, XAFS, and micro-SRXRF

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A study of unique archaeological organic material from the burials of the aristocracy of the Xiongnu people (Noin-Ula, Nothern Mongolia) is performed by means of X-ray fluorescent analysis with synchrotron radiation (SRXRF), micro-SRXRF, X-ray absorption (XAFS), scanning electron microscopy, and high-resolution X-ray computed tomography.

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  1. Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia

    V. A. Trunova & V. V. Zvereva

  2. Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia

    N. V. Polosmak

  3. Boreskov Institute of Catalysis, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia

    D. I. Kochubey & V. V. Kriventsov

  4. Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia

    K. E. Kuper, Ya. V. Rakshun & D. S. Sorokoletov

  5. Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia

    V. A. Trunova

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Original Russian Text © V.A. Trunova, V.V. Zvereva, N.V. Polosmak, D.I. Kochubey, V.V. Kriventsov, K.E. Kuper, Ya.V. Rakshun, D.S. Sorokoletov, 2015, published in Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk. Seriya Fizicheskaya, 2015, Vol. 79, No. 1, pp. 122–131.

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Trunova, V.A., Zvereva, V.V., Polosmak, N.V. et al. Investigating archaeological material from burials of the aristocracy of the Xiongnu people (Noin-Ula, Mongolia) by means of SRXRF, XAFS, and micro-SRXRF. Bull. Russ. Acad. Sci. Phys. 79, 109–117 (2015). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1062873815010323

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